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Whurley (William Hurley)

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Apple Is Hip, but its Cloud Offering Is Horrid

It's no secret that I'm not exactly Apple's most loyal fan. But I'm a fair guy. I give credit where credit is due, and when I slam something the object of that criticism deserves it. Like me.com, for example. The ideas behind me.com are fantastic, but the execution blows. Let's take a look at what me.com promises.

1. "Email, contacts, and calendars. In sync everywhere you go."
This is the hook that sucked me in. Do I trust Apple with all my contacts? I guess so. Trust isn't really my issue. Me and my fellow me.com users have continual issues with the sync actually working. This falls under the category of a great feature -- when it works.

No Apple Netbook Yet? Hack Your Own MacBook 'Cloud'

So I'm pretty excited about today's post. Dan Nystedt says Apple doesn't get netbooks. Probably true, but I think Apple should skip to cloudbooks. Last week I set myself up with a bad, bad new $200 MacBook Cloud. Sound too good to be true? It is indeed hard fact. More importantly, I'm going to share the secret sauce so you can get yourself one of these fabulous devices.

So what's a cloudbook? A notebook optimized for using cloud services, of course.

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